perhaps only overshadowed a author who in the 1900s wrote about cuba becoming free. but fidel castro changed the course of cuba. he changed the way cuba was. in 1959, 1958, cuba was pretty much a satellite of the united states. run by the united states. run by the united states mafia. all those casinos, all that lively dance footage we see of cuba, that was all run by the mafia. th and castro came in and he cleaned that out. and not only did he do that, he's revered in his country, in cuba, for changing the class system. there was a huge class system in cuba up until then. and the peasant class didn't know how to read or write. most of the people in cuba didn't know how to read and write in 1960. and in fact, they didn't have medical care of any kind. so castro came into power, he spent money on those things. they have a very good education system. they have a very good medical system. and they have electricity all over the island. do they have all the freedoms that the united states has? they do not and the people there want those freedoms. and that's why many of them will be

. >>> cuba farewell to fidel castro. david muir is in cuba with the latest. >>> a major winter storm hitting right now. we're tell you where it's heading next. >>> and cybermonday. gets started soon. and we'll tell you how to get a little known discount with some >>> good monday morning, everyone. hope you had a nice holiday weekend. we're going to get started with donald trump's twitter rampage. he was railing against the recount effort under way in three battleground states. >> trump is back in new york, gearing up for another day of meetings as he considers more cabinet picks. the president-elect spent much of yesterday sending a barrage of tweets, taking aim at hillary clinton's campaign and lunching explosive fraud. this morning, donald trump seething on social media. a series of tweets if the president-elect, saying serious voter fraud in virginia, new hampshire, and california. so why isn't the media reporting on this? serious bias. big problem. and i won the popular vote. the the you deduct the million mls of peop

fidel castro. >> cuba y el mundo reaccionan por la muerte de un lÍder de una revoluciÓn. >> yo soy fidel >> a sÓlo 90 millas del estrella de lo florida, la gente se echÓ a la calle para celebrar la muerte de lo que llamaban el dictador su fallecimiento es otra incÓgnita de las relaciones con cuba en la era trump, analizamos la vida de fidel castro, su muerte y estaremos en vivo en la isla en una ediciÓn especial de enfoque. >> hola ¿quÉ tal? gracias por dejarme ser parte. >> hace exactamente 36 horas el mundo se enteraba de la noticia de la muerte de fidel castro, su rÉgimen permanece en el poder

perhaps only overshadowed a about cuba becoming free. but fidel castro changed the course of cuba. he changed the way cuba was. in 1959, 1958, cuba was pretty much a satellite of the united states. run by the united states. run by the united states mafia. all those casinos, all that lively dance footage we see of cuba, that was all run by the mafia. the united states and castro came in and he cleaned that out. and not only did he do that, he's revered in his country, in cuba, for changing the class system. there was a huge class system in cuba up until then. and the peasant class didn't know how to read or write. most of the people in cuba didn't know how to read and write in 1960. and in fact, they didn't have medical care of any kind. and they didn't have electricity

cuba. and the relationship developed. in fact, in the end, pope john paul ii met with fidel castro five times. t the groundwork for this gradual improvement in relations. and, of course, that relationship between the vatican and cuba was critical in re-establishing relations between washington and havana. christi. martin. >> all right. ben wedeman reporting live for us from rome there. ben, thank you so much for that perspective. >>> fidel castro leaves behind a very different cuba than the one when he held power for 47 years. up next, we'll talk about how these years of defiance of the u.s. shaped the legacy of several american presidents. sites to find a better price...l ...stop clicking around... the lowest prices on our hotels are always at hilton.com. so pay less and get more only at hilton.com. what's the best way to get v8 or a fancy juice store?s? ready, go! hi, juice universe? one large rutabaga, with eggplant... done! that's not fair. glad i had a v8. the original way to fuel your day. see me. see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something t

cuba has declared nine days of mourning after fidel castro has died at the age of 90. astro announced his death last night and said that cast throw will be cremated early this morning. >> translator: dear people of cuba, with profound pain, i have to sadly inform you, to our friends from our america, and to the world, that today, november 25th, 2016, at 10:29 in the evening the commander and leader of the cuban revolution, fidel castro died. >> the word of castro's death came to miami. the fills of streets of exiles where many viewed him as an enemy of human rights. they were popping champagne, waving the cuban flag and chanting freedom. >> here's say look back at castro's life and how he transformed cuba. >> reporter: depending on whom you talk to, fidel castro was a revered revolutionary legend or a despise ed tyrannical dictato. there is little middle ground. castro came to power in 1959 in a widely popular revolution of the throwing. cuba's then dictator fulgencio bautista. but it wasn't long before the bearded man ideology left him on a collision course. 90 miles o

perhaps only overshadowed a little bit by jose marti, the about cuba becoming free. but fidel castro changed the course of cuba. he changed the way cuba was. in 1959, 1958, cuba was pretty much a satellite of the united states. run by the united states. run by the united states mafia. all those casinos, all that lively dance footage we see of cuba, that was all run by the mafia. the united states mafia. and cas cleaned that out. and not only did he do that, he's revered in his country, in cuba, for changing the class system. there was a huge class system in cuba up until then. and the peasant class didn't know how to read or write. most of the people in cuba didn't know how to read and write in 1960. and in fact, they didn't have medical care of any kind. and they didn't have electricity outside of havana. spent money on those things. they have a very good education system. they he a very good medical system. and they have electricity all over the island. do they have all the freedoms that the united states has? they do not and the people there want those freedoms. and that's

fidel. he is a non-issue at this point. and i think cuba will ever change. where fidel goes, this rej mean will be the same with different people, younger people. maybe i'm wrong. i wish i am. >> reporter: are you as angry today toward him as you were 40, 50 years ago? >> i mean, you know, life makes you change. like the way you think. when i came here, i was too young. but he destroy our lives, you know? most of my life has been here. not my country. so in that sense it has affected me a lot. because i missed all the good things about cuba. >> reporter: but the american-born children of cuban exiles view cuba differently. >> i feel cuban but it is an abstract for me. it is a culture, a transition. it's family, it's what you do. for them it's more raw. for me, it's -- i don't like castro. i would love to see a democracy there. i think most americans probably would. but what they feel is obviously going to be much greater. >> yeah, because we had to live through the bay of pigs invasion where we both lost a -- yeah. a lot of friends. you know, close friends. i

so i feel bad. >> under fidel castro's watch cuba was not a welcome place to some of the world's foremosteaders, but things started changing in recent years under fidel's brother raoul. pope francis visited in 2015 and called on the communist nation to open itself to the world. he prays one major step in that direction, restoring diplomatic ties with the uted states. this historic visit with president obama ace years ago. for decades it was close to americans, and look at this -- that's not the holdover from the cold war, the country being closed to americans is the holdover. but this tick purchase, obama's visit marked progress above all, a new way of doing things in a new era. both the u.s. and cuba shut the door on a long-standing feud and opened their own doors to one another. >> let's bring in cnn correspondent rafael romo live onset. he has many years of cover politics in latin american. talk to us about the ramifications of knowing this former leader of cuba is dead. >> when you think about what is going the happen next, a lot of people are trying to figure out what is next for cub

breaking overnight, cuba's fidel castro who ruled the country for nearly half a century dead at age 90. his brother, the current leader, making the announcement. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> with the news spreading the reaction from cuba. now a national warning to florida's little havana overnight. the raucous scenes, celebrations in the streets. and the hopes for friends and relatives still in the country. >> and i hope the cuban people have freedom tomorrow. >> his time in power. >> translator: i am not afraid to say i am a communist. >> facing off against ten presidents, the bay of pigs and the cuban missile crisis bringing the world to the brink close to the nuclear war, extremely close. >> and the look ahead. what it could mean for the country and its people. to u.s. businesses and tourism. team coverage on this breaking story right now. >>> good morning, and we're dedicating much of this show to the breaking news, the death of fidel castro. >> we want to you look at the contrasting scenes overnight. right there on the streets of miami, you can see jubilation, members of the

only overshadowed a little bit by jose marti, the author who in the 1900s wrote about cuba becoming free. but fidel castro changed the course of cuba. he changed the way cuba was. in 1959, 1958, cuba wasretty much a satellite of the united states. run by the united states. run by the united states mafia. all those casinos, all that lively dance footage we see of cuba, that was all run by the mafia. the united states mafia. and castro came in and he cleaned that out. and not only did he do that, he's revered in his country, in cuba, for changing the class system. there was a huge class system in cuba up until then. and the peasant class didn't know how to read or write. most of the people in cuba didn't know how to read and write in 1960. and in fact, they didn't have medical care of any kind. and they didn't have electricity outside of havana. so castro came into power, he spent money on those things. they have a very good education system. they have a very good medical system. and they have electricity all over the island. do they have all the freedoms that the united states has? they do not and t

fidel. viva cuba, viva amÉrica latina." andante fidel castro." y nicolÁs maduro en venezuela tambiÉn vÍa twitter enviÓ reciente mensaje "todos los revolucionarios del mundo nos toca seguir con su legado y su bandera de independencia, de socialismo, de patria humana. y su historia junto a los pueblos del mundo para seÑalar un camino de dignidad. historia grande con los principios de bolÍvar y martí." asÍ que estas reacciones son las que se estÁn viendo despuÉs del deceso, hoy, 25 de noviembre de 2016. el ex gobernante fidel castro. y nosotros estaremos a la expectativa de mÁs reacciones estarÁn por generarse prÓximamente. regresÓ con ustedes, marÍa antonieta y marÍa elena. marÍa elena: muchísimas gracias, arantxa. gran impacto que tuvo fidel castro alrededor del mundo. particularmente en latinoamÉrica, donde influyÓ e inspirÓ varias otras revoluciones en latinoamÉrica. estÁbamos hablando, marÍa antonieta y yo, hace unos minutos sobre la relaciÓn tan estrecha que existe entre los hermanos castro. difÍcil, cuando vemos ahora a

now hope for beater relationship with cuba kout fidel david muir, abc news. >>> elian gonzalez became the face of the relationship with cuba. he survived a trip on a boat. this is the picture many people remember. a soldier taking the then 6-year-old from an adult. friend. >> translator: fidel began to be that father as all who start off as father. the difficult thing is for a father to become a friend. >> he says he last talked to castro a few years ago. >> cuban tourism up 1% in the first half of the year. starting today, american airlines will fly there from miami. those bring the total number of daily flights to more than 100. >>> is syrian rebels have lost all of northeastern aleppo. overnight, syrian government forces capturing another key neighborhood of the country's second largest city. it's the biggest setback for the opposition in four years. it sent thousands of people fleeing. >>> the u.s. congress is look to push through a $6.3 billion the session ends. the 21st century cures act would promote new ideas from the federal government. the main goal would be to send funding

>> la muerte de fidel castro para mÍ significa una oportunidad nueva para cuba, una oportunidad para a cumplir lo que promete en relaciÓn a cuba por supuesto?. >> siento que lo que ha dicho trump lo va a cumplir, tenemos mÁs oportunidad con trump que con lo que hubiÉramos tenido con hillary. >> muchas gracias por estar con nosotros. >> gracias a usted. >> como ven el exilio cubano se estÁ organizando y pasado maÑana van a tener una manifestaciÓn donde van a exigir cambios en la isla y tambiÉn ellos se sienten parte y spernz ados que van a ser parte de ese cambio. >> regresamos a la plaza de la revoluciÓn en la habana donde castro ha vuelto a reunir multitudes como lo hizo tantas veces en su vida con sus discursos. >> efectivamente josÉ, aquÍ estamos muy cerca de una de las filas de cientos de miles de cubanos para despedir al lÍder mÁximo de la revoluciÓn, fidel castro, me voy a acercar a conversar con alguno de ellos, muy buenas tardes, estamos transmitiendo para telemundo, si me pudiera decir quÉ significa este dÍa para ustedes?. >> algo muy triste para todos los cubanos. fidel cas

even after cuba lost the ussr collapsed, fidel castro managed to reinvent himself as the godfather oferation of leftist leaders in latin america from venezuela to bolivia and ecuador. during my seven years living in cuba covering in cuba, there was a constant stream of presidents and leaders from across latin america, across the political spectrum, really. paying their respects to a man they admired each after he was no longer the president, that's because he stood up to the united states for decades. this is important in a region that gris ld at being america's backyard. that's why all these messages from today. from viva cuba. in bolivia to here in brazil, the center right president, calling fidel castro a man of conviction. of course, in venezuela, nicolas maduro declaring that it's our turn, we'll keep the revolution alive. of course, that's a bigger challenge as latin america shifts further to the right and away from fidel castro's memory. shasta darlington, cnn, rio de janeiro. >>> when it comes to cuba and the catholic church, fidel castro saw it as an enemy during the early da

amy: to turn cuba's role in to angola, this is a clip from the 2001 documentary "fidel: the untold storyected by estela bravo. you hear the narrator vlasta vrana first. >> right from the beginning, cuba's revolutionary ideals not only spread throughout latin america, but also forged strong has with national liberation leaders. >> when the regular south african troops invaded angola, we could not stand by and do nothing. when the mpla asked for our help, we offer them the help they needed. >> in 1975, as angola move towards independence from portugal, the cia, along with the apartheid government south africa, tried to bring down the new angolan government. at the request of the angolan president, fidel and 36,000 troops to keep the south african forces from attacking rwanda, the capital. for many cubans, whose ancestors were african slaves, the fight in angola was a way to repair a debt to history. in 14 years of war, over 300,000 cubans, doctors, teachers and engineers as well as soldiers, played an important role in angola will stop more than 2000 lost their lives. in 1988, fidel sent i

to make sure they're the kinds of things that help create a pathway toward democracy in cuba because while fidel castro was 90 years old his brother's 85. there is going to be a generational leadership change in cuba over the next five to ten years, hopefully sooner, and incentivizes and makes it easier for there to be a (coughs) cough doesn't sound so good. take mucinex dm. i'll text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. one pill lasts 12 hours, so... looks like i'm good all night! but just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. let's end this. i did everything i could to make her party perfect. almost everything. you know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. but for only $7 a month, >>> fidel castro was a thorn in the side of ten u.s. presidents. he died friday at the age of 90. martha tieshner looks back at his life and legacy. ? >> this is the sierra maestra on cuba's southern coast. ? these are the jungle fighters, the rebels of sierra maestra. >> reporter: at first he charmed us. ? it's hard to believe now, more than 50 years after the fact. >> with fidel castro here are

fidel castro's brother and cuba's president raul castro making the statement on tv. this video i want to share with you will be from his 90th birthday celebration in august. there he is. fidel castro here. in the u.s. president elect donald trump tweeted very simply, fidel castro is dead. with an exclamation point. cnn is covering the story from all angles. we have patrick oppman in miami. i want to go straight to chris moody in miami. because what a scene it has been in little havana, not just overnight. we thought it would subside, but even where you are now. >> reporter: that's right. celebrations have gone on since the middle of the night when people here in the exile community in little havana in miami spilled into the streets and they have been celebrating and cheering and throwing impromptu parades down the streets for hours now. just shortly before this, we were on the sidewalk and cars were coming by and there were just so many people. they opened the street back up for people to pour back into. police have closed the street to traffic. people are back here c

east coast and fidel castro, the former leader of cuba, dead at the age of 9 ott years old. he's been out of the public eye for some time. there have been rumors about his death. cnn confirming that indeed fidel castro has died in cuba at the age of 90. let's bring in our global affairs correspondent who is following this breaking news. >> the reopening of diplomatic ties with the u.s., president obama forged with cuba was with raul castro. i think this is a symbolic day. both for the cuban people and for cuban americans in this united states. i don't think it changes anything in terms of -- i don't think the u.s. expects any flood gates to open in political openings. what is going to happen to this diplomatic between the u.s. and cuba under president-elect trump. president-elect trump has said president-elect trump said he could walk back some of the openings that president obama gave to cuba such as the trade reopening and the travel. he wants to make sure the openings and restoring of ties is trickling down to the people. there have been already reopening of trade and busi

fidel castro hasten reforms? what does this all mean for cuba? >> well, fidel castro was such a symbol, i think his passing will, on the u.s.-cuba relations side, take some of the heat out of the animosity, particularly among some of the hard liners in miami for whom fidel personally was just an object of abject hatred. on the island itself, i think his enduring legacy is that he made cuba a fully independent country from the united states. the last country in latin america really to gain its full independence. >> desjardins: carla, talking about symbolism, fidel castro passed away just as we see most of the symbol of capitalism itself, or certainly aristocracy, donald trump, rising to power. does this-- do you think this is an opening now in terms of the united states' stance towards cuba to lead to a more hard line from president-elect trump? >> right now, he's taking the very hard line. he carried the cuban american community in florida there by 52%, according to the exit polls. so maybe he'll take the hard line itself. you know, if i had to be

cuba in 1961. you left with $11 and two suitcases. do you think after this death overnight of fidel castro that things will change on the ground in the country of your birth? >> i am hopeful but i'm not optimistic. you know, raul castro basically has been in pow since 2008 officially and cuba is a military ole goply won by the generals. raul castro is the head of the military. and all business in cuba runs through a thing called giess, which is a conglomerate owned by the military itself and 60% to 80% of cuban economic activity goes through this military owned think if both castros left, you would still see a cuba very much like egypt run, controlled by the military. >> and, tom, you were mentioning earlier during the commercial break i know that this is somewhat of an emotional day for you for so many cuban-americans but you said that you and your family have been waiting for this day. now that it's here how do you reconcile those emotions. >> almost every new year's eve cuban-am havana or next year in cuba is what you celebrate. it's a time for reflection. a time to remember all

fidel castro will be buried here. there will be state funeral. the likes cubaseen and castro will have a year to finish up or try to finish up the economic reforms that fidel castro resisted. we have to see if this will improve relations with the u.s., if raul castro has more liberty to improve relations with the u.s. because of course president obama is in the final months of power and president-elect trump has a different view of what his administration's relations will be with cuba. he said he w0u8d remove the u.s. embassy in havana and backtrack on improved relations. it comes at a moment of uncertainty in terms of u.s.-cuban relations. in terms of leadership, we always wondered when fidel castro was president, w.h.o. would succeed him and it is raul castro. there isn't that uncertainty in terms of leadership. this is a leader -- to many cubans met fidel castro, shook his hand, were forced to go to his speeches. when he gave a speech, literally every tv and radio station carried the speech. that's what is so striking to me that it was not on the radio other

we continue to follow breaking news out of cuba. fidel castro is dead at 90. antoinette: his brother making announcer: now on newscenter 5 eyeopener -- antoinette: breaking news this morning. cuba's former president fidel castro is dead at the age of 90. details overnight on fidel castro's death. kelly ann: a cloudy start to your weekend but sunshine is on the way, plus the next chance of rain moving in this week. doug: what about the snow? how much will we get this winter? the big question answered by a weather guru. antoinette: the movie reviews this morning from the real-life announcer: you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5's eyeopener. >> it's a moment that we've been waiting for for more than 55 yoors. year. we are free at last. doug: the cuban community castro is dead. the longtime leader passing away last night according to his brother. antoinette: and donald trump tweeting fidel castro is dead. thanks for joining us. i'm antoinette antonio. doug: i'm doug meehan along with kelly ann cicalese who has a damp start.

i can assure you. >> juan, could you describe the relationship between fidel castro and his brother, the current president of cubaraoul? what was their relationship like? how close were they? can you give us some insight on that? >> they were very close. fidel had other brothers and sisters, but raoul was very close. he was with him in the fight. he was with him as a university student, fighting the batista government that was very disliked by the population. raoul was there with him. raoul was in prison when they attacked in 1963. raoul was with him in mexico when they went in mexico. he was with him when they came to invade cuba. he was with him in the mountains. he was with him all along. so he had a place there. his loyalty is beyond question, his loyalty to fidel castro. as a leader, he saw him more -- probably, i could probably say that he saw him more as a leader or a blend of leader and brother, but he was very loyal to that man who guided the best of his talent under very tough times because the situation with the united states was really -- was pretty hard for any third world nation, especially being so

fidel castro. we remember fondly our visits with him in cuba and his love of his country. ce and prosperity in the years ahead. >> we are also hearing from texas senator ted cruz he says, quote, fidel castro's death cannot bring back his thousands of victims nor can it bring comfort to their families. today we remember them and honor the brave souls who fought the lonely fight against the brutal communist dictatorship he imposed on cuba. former cnn moscow bureau chief jill dougherty joins us. what's being said from russia now? >> reporter: you know, martin, i think you would have to say it's really nostalgia with perhaps some hints at what's going on currently in russia. but really i think nostalgia because after all russia and cuba, soviet union and cuba were allies for more than half a century and the memory of fidel castro both as like an old revolutionary who stuck to his guns coming from the small island, standing up to the big united states, that's a lot of the coverage that you're seeing here on russian tv. now, president putin did, of course, have comments. he expre

with fidel castro's death---they cuba. ((mauricio marin)) fidel romero never thought he'd live to see this day. ((fidel romero/cuban american: it's a very touching moment. it's very emotional." )) ((mauricio marin)) although he shares his first name with fidel castro---because he was born in 1959---the same year of the cuban revolution---he and his family don't share the communist ideas castro pushed. and last night watched the news of fidel castro's death closely. ((fidel romero/cuban create a big change. i mean fidel was controlling. even in the last 10 years he's been kind of out of the picture but he still had control." )) ((mauricio marin)) at the lunch table inside florida cafe cuban bar and grill in las vegas--- most sharing the same sentiment. ((pedro hernandez/cuban american: "we just hope that people realize they need change." )) ((mauricio marin)) for pedro hernandez who left cuba when he was only 12 years old--- he hopes economic change can happen with castro now gone---change that will of cuba. ((pedro hernande

por ahora, vamos a ir a cuba sobre los detalles de los funerales de fidel castro. e la revoluciÓn. abrió los siete dÍas de obras fÚnebres. enrique: buenas noches, bienvenidos a esta ediciÓn especial desde la habana, cuba. hoy apareciÓ raÚl castro,. funcionarios del gobierno cubano para rendirlehomenaje a los restos, cada uno, a las cenizas de fidel castro. en este lugar, se depositÓ ademÁs una rosa blanca a la una que contiene las cenizas de fidel castro y fue parte de lo que se midiÓ en la segunda mitad. miles de personas, no solamente cubanos, personas de todo el mundo se han dado cita para participar en este homenaje pÓstumo. apenas hace unos minutos, comenzÓ cerrarse este lugar. blanca rosa, tienen los detalles de toda la jornada. blanca: al caer la noche, las tres filas de acceso al monumento de josÉ martÍ, en la plaza de la revoluciÓn, parecÍan interminables. miles de personas aguardaban su turno, algunos portando pancartas, flores y banderas. para rendir tributo al fundador de la revoluciÓn cubana. >> fidel para nosotros es el hombre mÁs grande de este siglo.

with fidel castro gone and the americans gradually returning, it may no longer be fidel castro's cuba. >> thanks to jim avila for that report. when we come back, rare insight into the man and myth who was fidel castro. our own barbara walters gained unprecedented access to the cuban dictator, getting closer perhaps than any other american perhaps than any other american journalist. the y store anything but simple. so i had an important conversation with my dermatologist about humira. he explained that humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. in clinical trials, most adults taking humira were clear or almost clear, and many saw 75% and even 90% clearance in just 4 months. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been